Head-rest



(No Model.)

B. T. BROWN.

HEAD REST.

Patented Oct. 18, 1887.

Inventor jflttomey.

rarns I N il 'HEADFREST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 371,817, dated October18, 1887. v Application filed January 26, 1887. Serial No. 225,510. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EGBERT '1. BROWN, of Bufialo, in the county of Erieand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementson a Head-Rest for Railway- Oar Seats; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing description of my said invention, taken in connection with theaccompanying sheet of drawings, forms a full, clear, and exactspecification, which will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same. v

My present invention has general reference to a head-rest forrailway-car seats; and it consists, essentially, in the novel andpeculiar combination of parts and details of construction, ashereinafter firstfully set forth and described, and then pointed out inthe claims.

In the drawings already mentioned, which serve to illustrate my saidinvention more fully, Figure 1 is a side view of my improved head-rest.Fig. 2 is a front view of the same; and Figs. 3 and at are side-views ofa portion of the head -rest, showing the cushion in its variouspositions.

Like parts are designated by corresponding .letters of reference in allthe figures.

' The object of my invention is the produc tion of a simple and veryportable and convenient head-rest for travelers use in railwaycars.

To attain this result I construct my improved head-rest of two springmembers, A A, each one consisting of a U-shaped frame having spiraltwists a ct,terininating in upwardlyprojecting tenons b b, the members AA being bent at c c in opposite directions that is to say, toward eachotherand one of them is provided with a socket, G, into which the end ofthe opposite one enters.

The two upwardly-projecting tenons b b enter a cross-bar, D, havingsockets on each end, for the reception of the said tenons, and centrallya passage or slot-hole for the admission of the stem or bar E. This barhas on its upper end a socket, e, for an S-shaped piece, F, forming anintermediary between the said stem E and the cushion G, said S-shapedmiddle piece having a socket, f, exactly like the socket 6, so that thetenon g on the cushion G may be inserted into either of the sockets elightness, and the pieces are connected t0- gether by thetenonand-socket joints, so as to be readily separated into the smallestdesirable compass for transportation.

In use the members A A are clamped over the back of a car-seat in amanner so readily understood as not to require illustration by drawings,which, owing to the spring like twists a a, maybe easily accomplished.Now the cushion is adjusted to the proper height by sliding the rod E up(or down, as the case may be) until the cushion is in the desiredposition, when said rod is securely fastened by the thumb screw H in thecross bar D. Should the cushion be too far back, it can be broughtforward by removing the S-shaped middle piece, F, and inserting thetenon g of the cushion into the socket e of the rod E, as shown in Fig.3; but should a still more forward position be required, then theS-shaped middle piece may be reversed, so that it will occupy theposition shown in Fig. at, thereby providing a range of adjustmentcapable of satisfying all the conditions required of an apparatus of thekind described.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure to myself by Letters Patent of the United States 1. As an articleof manufacture, a portable knockdown headrest having spring members A A,of substantially U shape-secured together by a tenon-and-socket oranalagous joint on one end and a cross-bar having sockets, as described,on the other end, said crossbar having a central passage for asupporting-rod car'- rying the removable head-rest in conjunction withan S-shaped intermediary, F, substantially as and for the objectspecified.

2. The combination,with the members AA, of substantially U shape, havingthe spiral twists a a and upwardly-projecting tenons, of the cross-barD, having sockets for the said tenons I) b and a central passage for thesupporting-rod E, the S-shaped intermediary F, invention I have heretoset my hand in'the and the cushion G, said cushion havingatenon presenceof two subscribing witnesses. adapted to fit the socket of theintermediary as Well as that of the supporting-rod, all as 5hereinbefore set forth and described, for the Attest:

purpose mentioned. MICHAEL J. STARK,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my WM. 0. STARK.

